GNU Samba 3.0.21/3.0.21a/3.0.21b/3.0.21c Trust Relationship missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GNU Samba 3.0.21/3.0.21a/3.0.21b/3.0.21c. Affected is an unknown function of the component Trust Relationship Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing encryption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-1059. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Samba 3.0.21/3.0.21a/3.0.21b/3.0.21c (File Transfer Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Trust Relationship Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The winbindd daemon in Samba 3.0.21 to 3.0.21c writes the machine trust account password in cleartext in log files, which allows local users to obtain the password and spoof the server in the domain.

The weakness was disclosed 03/30/2006 by Samba Team with Samba Team (Website). The advisory is available at us1.samba.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1059 since 03/07/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21169 (Fedora Core 5 : samba-3.0.22-1.fc5 (2006-259)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 70049 (Samba Exposure of Machine Account Credentials).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at us1.samba.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25575), Tenable (21169), SecurityFocus (BID 17314†), OSVDB (24263†) and Secunia (SA19539†). The entry VDB-1337 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
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Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21169
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 5 : samba-3.0.22-1.fc5 (2006-259)
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OpenVAS ID: 56522
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: samba
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: us1.samba.org

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03/07/2006 🔍
03/29/2006 +22 days 🔍
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03/30/2006 +1 days 🔍
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05/22/2006 +47 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: us1.samba.org
Researcher: Samba Team
Organization: Samba Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2122
X-Force: 25575 - Samba clear text machine trust account credentials, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 17314 - Samba Machine Trust Account Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 19539 - Trustix update for samba, Less Critical
OSVDB: 24263 - Samba winbindd Debug Log Server Credentials Local Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1015850 - Samba winbindd Daemon Discloses Server Password to Local Users
Vulnerability Center: 11505 - Samba Winbindd Daemon Discloses Passwords, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-1179

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2006 11:46
Updated: 06/22/2025 21:01
Changes: 03/31/2006 11:46 (91), 06/07/2017 16:01 (13), 03/12/2021 14:50 (2), 06/22/2025 21:01 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:6A2:103

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